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suji
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6 years ago

While interfacing 10M08SCU169I7G with a MCU using a bidirectional bus, at a particular instant both side are need to set in input state. Does it damage any products when FPGA and MCU pins are both in input state?

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AnandRaj_S_Intel
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6 years ago

Hi Sujisha,

For bidirectional, you can't set both pins to input/output.

Only one side should drive the line at any given sample time

don't turn on the output-enable(FPGA) at the same time that an external driver(MCU) is active.

Example: If both pins set to output. If one device tries to pull high while the other tries to pull low which leads to high current flow, this can quickly build up heat to a level that destroys the IC chip.

Let me know if this has helped resolve the issue you are facing or if you need any further assistance.

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Anand

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    suji
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    6 years ago

    Thanks Anand. I could able to understand that bidirectional pins can't set to input at the same time on both sides. But in our case, there is situation to set the bidirectional pins at input state in both sides. How could we solve this issue? Is there any solution/suggestion